...and is much easier on the eye than that oaf Johnson.
Posted on 07/10/2022 4:43:15 AM PDT by FarCenter
Former UK defence secretary Penny Mordaunt on Sunday became the ninth Conservative MP to launch a bid to replace Prime Minister Boris Johnson, as the already fractious race promptly focused on tax.
Mordaunt, 49, an ex-navy reservist who has also held several senior ministerial roles, is not among the frontrunners to succeed Johnson in recent polls of Tory party members ultimately set to choose their new leader.
But such contests are notoriously unpredictable, and with more than a dozen lawmakers from multiple factions of the ruling party potentially set to run, political commentators say few contenders can be discounted.
The early favourite is former finance minister Rishi Sunak, who launched his campaign Friday after helping to kickstart the cabinet revolt that led to Johnson's forced resignation Thursday. He is now drawing early fire from Johnson loyalists and rival candidates.
Sunak and former health minister Sajid Javid -- who has also declared his candidacy -- both resigned late Tuesday, prompting dozens of more junior colleagues to follow suit.
That forced Johnson to then quit as Tory leader 36 hours later.
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Former foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt, who finished runner-up to Johnson in the last contest in 2019, announced he will stand again late Saturday.
Current finance minister Nadhim Zahawi -- only appointed to the post Tuesday -- and Transport Secretary Grant Shapps have also launched bids.
They join attorney general and arch-Brexiteer Suella Braverman, the relatively unknown former equalities minister Kemi Badenoch, and backbench Tory MP Tom Tugendhat on the growing candidate list.
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, a frontrunner in recent surveys, is among those expected to still announce.
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But you don't have a Trump.
Their Trump is Nigel Farage
...and is much easier on the eye than that oaf Johnson.
The Tories will elect another fake conservative like the buffoon Johnson.
And things will continue as usual.
Boris had a ton environmentalist baggage that rotted his brain
Gove is a clown who banned plastic straws.
Too many FReepers drank the "BJ is the British version of Trump" kool-aid the last time around, and we saw how that turned out.
The LAST thing they need right now is another British "Conservative" who eagerly endorsed 0bama for President, promoted illegal alien amnesty, screams about how global warming will kill us all, celebrates homo "marriage", comdemned the U.S. Supreme Court for overturning Roe, etc., etc. Cameron, May, AND Johnson did all that stuff. Mitt Romney wouldn't even go THAT far left. No wonder the "Labour" Party hasn't won in all that time, the so-called "Conservative" governments just agree with them on everything.
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